The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-07 00:00:00

tt-1-11a _rte TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 61R, Aware of the desperate dilenma to which the Op ,paiition ore reduced, and expeaing something un- common from the result of their Midsummer lucu brations, I certainly was not astonished at the plan of attack which they have thought proper to prepare. They come forward strong in the salutiferous ample Of their own Administration, and at least may boast that they have assisted us to discover the course we should pursue, by having clearly shown us the course we should avoid. Besides, the bountiful, un interrupted flow of their misfortunes has given them Unlimited privilege.to rail. Adversity is ever allowed a latitude of tongue, and it is the prerogative of all established ideots to abuse with impunity. Nor.do we feel mach moved when we hear them repeat' old . maxims by heart, and moralize with a certain mock solemnity, that may be mistaken for convi6lion. .It is. not surprising, therefore, that theFaClion !lave at length adopted a new system of hostility, and abandoning the detestable doctrines Which they once upheld, have determined to edify us with a sober course of leaures in morality—like the poor ruined female, who now becoming ancient and un sightly, .knows no medium between prostitution and prayer, and ends her life in a conventicle, as alio began it in a brothel. ,The capture of Copenhagen afforded a plausible opportunity for the commencement of thi3 hopefu l scheme ; and truly tho catastrophe, considered in itself, admits of much pathetic declaMation. A peaceful people are suddenly life ged into all the horrors of War, by a. nation with whom they we►e corresponding in terms of amity, and against whom they had committed no hostile aa. Their town hombaided, their navy seized, and their arsenals plundered. But let us consider the principles upon Which this ika is founded. It was evident that BUUNA PA ATE would employ every species of treach ery and intrigue to finite Denmark in the confederacy against us. On , Denmark we had no reason to rely. During the whole course of the War, she uniforrply sided with France, and appeared less jealous of her political than of our commercial preponderance. While our Fleets and. Armies were believed to be fair remote from the Sound, a French Army was ap. proaching to Holstein, for the purpose of imposing upon Denmark whatever conditions force could exaa from fettr, flow then were' we to counterpoise the prevailing iotinenee of France, and prevent Den , mark from yielding without alternative, to the sug gestions of terr, and perhaps of inclination.? The tardiness of an Embassy would have availed nothing against immediate force. While England Was nu gociating, France would be compelling. Treaty would have produced delay—delay, preparation— preparation, defeat. We should then have been weaker, in efilza, by thirty Sail of the Line, and our only consolation would have been, that' the Faainn, which is at present employed in deprecating :the enterprise, would' at last have acted like patriots' by pointing it out as•the policy which ought to have been pursued.. But, independent of thisatrected appeal to religion and morality, they have adopted another wretched :no d e of annoyance. " Produce your documents,' is now their continual cry. Every measure must be accounted for in black and white ; and papers, corn rmmicated in confidence, must be exposed to the public eye. Theme men would'rqake their lives upon -the good filth of the Danish Cabinet, but the•word of an Engli:h Minister is not to he believed. No t finding themselves rich in golden arguments, they naturally: enough call for paper-credit : and yet one would suppose paper a tender point with some of them. But for my own part, I can well imagine that the men, whose works and words do not strictly correspond, who first attempoto obtain what they have no righ.t• to, and then contend 'for preservation of property, may profeis a sort of mixed, accom r modating niornlity, which would not even scruple' to frrglicot Church from interest, and count heads from choice. Inspired, I suppose, by the same spirit of novelty, they have lately placed Mr. PONSONBY at their head. I am at a loss to conceive how. this unhappy Gentle man has ever proved himself worthy of beingim parted for public odium. Recolleaing his conduct during the rebellion in Iraind, I am astonished to see him step forward in so decisive a manner as he has done. The moderation of his temper and the meekness of his Chistianity then prevelited him, I presnme, from drawing the sword in defence of coUntry. He could not endure to . 'assist in butchering those bloody-minded innocents, who neither knew nor cared for what. they were con- todivg. • Wid) this Irish. Patriot to guide them; with the laurels of their own Administration . nodding on their brows; and with the last forlorn hope of Piety and Papers, I tOresee,muelt effeEtual opposition from the piOstrpte 'par ty. all, there is a misery la its received this morning Hamturet and "Mona Papers to the :..4th nit. with intelligence from Paris to the ilia). The following are the mosi interesting articles they contain : LynccKi FEB. Ib.--W e have this moment re ceived intelligence from Riga, by an Estafote, that RUSSIA HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST SWEDEN'. eLLS, JAN. 2R.---An aCtion has been fought off this coast between a Russian Frigate and two Eng lish Ship 3 of Wnr ; after suaie shots having been fired on both sidon, the Frigate, which was ignorant of war having been declared, was obliged . to sur render. It is said, that antrther engagement- has taken place near Corfu, butt as yet we have received - nothing certain respecting it. . VENICE, FED. 3.---The report which was circus laced that the Russian Fleet would winter here, is tint confirmed; it is still in the Port of Trieste, 'and the Rus i sian troops which heretofore occupied Cat taro, Corfu . , &c. have not yet left the Town and en virons of Padua and Treviso. It is not yet known whether this corps will set out on it's march fur Rt!s sia through the Kingdom of Hungary. ST. PL: rE s tur Ron, JAN. 30.—The, General of In fantry, Count litnutownEN . , who has arrived in this 'City, kin, it is said, obtained the command of • the army in Finland. 4 .lslArLgs, • Jnx. 26.—bn the I Itb instant a Di vision of Gun-boattc.conimanded by Lieut. PASCAL DZ , CosA, • convoying thirty - eight • Transports, was attacked at the anchorage of Oligasho, by two Bile-. my's Brigs; the a&ion commenced at night-fall and lasted tour hours, one of the Enemy's Ships wig completely disabled, and the'other considerably damaged.: on ow bide we lost the 'Gun-boat No. :;ti, ()aboard of which one sailor was killed_ and two wounded ; but the Lieutenant had the courage to repel the English, and the ability to conduit the convoy under his protc &ion safe to the Port of Sa lerno. • • I • VAO.AIOOI.IDIFER. 2.—GonerUi Dorton. has his headquarters in this, town; it is 'thought he will soon leave it either to go to Salamanca or to joig, as it is reported. at this ,moment, a corps of 30,000 Spaniards which' is assembled in the environs of Madrid. BANKS OF :mu Et.ue, FEB. 22.—The refusal of England to co-operate in restoring peace to Europe, is on the eve ofproducing Incasures, whose effe&s will soon be felt upon the Continent ; what opera- Lions will be undertaken by the, Armies of the gni peror of the wrench and his are not. yet known ; but 'already, on all sides, Movements are observed, which indicate the intention of taking the field on the return of find Weather. A fbrmidabje Army of French. and Spaniards is assembling in Spain, winch will be increased to 1 bO,OOO men : preparations are punned with the utmost aittivity on i be Iron tier., of'l Troops are . advancing in great force on these of Swe exptit:tazie:l otficiA Swe den, and are in montentnry intelligence of hostilitiei liavin g Commet e d piC 01 the Dutch troops stationed between tbj litns and the) Wecer will bo placed on the right bank of the fOrtne.7, and those which are bet wren the Vbere:;:r and the. Elbe will immediately advance to the right bank of the latter river. DANTZIG, FEZ. 4.—ln the night between the Ist and Vd of this month a fire broke Out in' the tanneries of the Old Town, which raged with such fury that notwithstanding all the assistance that could be giVen it continued burning for twenty-four hours. In the afternoon of the ad, an other conflagration, which thr6tened to be still more dangerous than the former, broke out in a large magazine, which had been made Into a bar rack, but the effe&ual exertions teat were made to extinguish it, especially by the French troops,-soon stopped the progress of the flames. The City pre sents a scene df desolation ; more than one hundred buildings are:rednct.d to ashes. The steeple of the Church of the Holy Ghost has fallen down, and ! many persons have been maimed and even lost their lives on this disastrous occasion. AUGSBURGH, FEB. 11.—The differences between Bavaria and Wurtemburgh still continue. The Gar rison of Ulm has received orders to begin its march for Ravensburgh, and the townspeople of the former city will do military duty. General Baron WREDE has set out for Munich ; we are assured that his journey has a relation to the affair. BANKS OF THE MAINE, FEB. 12.—The military appointed to try the Generals who capitulated in the late war, has begun its sittings at Memel. — Gen. BLUCRER appeared first as an accused person before this Tribunal, on account of the Capitula tion of Lubeck ; but his condua was unanimously applauded, and, he took his seat among the Mem bers of the Court. VENICE, JAN. 30.—Letters from Ancona state that an English Fleet, composed of 26 Ships of all sizes, has appeared off Corfu. GENOA, Fus. 4.—A report is here in circulation that the Spanish Fleets of Carthagena and Cadiz have put to Sea. TIM Leeward Island Mail has not brought any intelligence of importance, except a confirmation of the account of three or four French Frigates, full of Troops, having arrived at Martinique, where they are now blockaded by Admiral COCIMANZ. No further intelligence hos been received respect ing the Rochefort Sqlkadron ; but of the taa of their having entered the Mediterranean we do not now entertain the smallest doubt. It is very possible they may be able to form a junction with the Tou lon Fleet, bat we are not apprehensive that they will be able to achieve any objel:t of importance, ,as our Naval Force fit the Mediterranean amounts at present to 17 Sail of the Line. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, as we stated some days ago, passed Gibraltar on the 10th ult. he did ,not stop, but oracle the following Telegraphic Commu nication to the Garrison : " area fur °Sicily—liope we shall soon see them." Some persons have recently been apprehended at Gibraltar, for carrying on a secret correspondence with the Enemy, and supplying them with provi sions. A report has been prevalent that a Flotilla, con sisting of a thousand Boats, , full of troops, recently sailed from ttte Toel. The. Ships also:in the' Onter Diep, according torenart, had made sonie..more memts which seemed to indicate aniotention to come forth. It has been: supposed that these Vessels are proceeding coast-wide to the pcirts of France, while others suppose that, they arc destined icrco-operate With the,Frencli:and Danes in an Expedition against Sweden. Admiral RUSSELL, as soon as he received this intelligence, at Yarmouth, sailed to resume the blockode of the Text'. . The Spanish Packet captured and sent into Fowey by the illatcH/ess Privateer,' Captain RAWLZNG, is a beautiful vessel, mounting 16 guns, and carrying a valuable cargo. Slie.was from Vigo, on her passage to Buenos Ayres and Lima. The followir e ig account of the present state of the Spanish Navy was found in the Packet :-- At Cadiz-.4n commission, g Sail of the Line, Frigates, 15 Corvettes—in ordinary, 3' Sail of the Line, 7 Frigates, 10 Corvettes. di Ferrol-1n commission, 6 of the Line, 5 Fri gates, 18 Corvettes—in ordinary, 3 of the Line, .3 Frigates, 7, Corvettes 7 -building, 3 of the Line, Frigate, 1 Corvette. At Carthagend—ln commission, io of the Line, 3 Frigates, to Corvettes- 7 in ordinary, 5 of the Line, 7 Frigates, 4 Corvettes, besides a great num ber of smaller Vessels. ~ The Gazette contains Add resses o f a` oyal and patriotic nature from Nairnshire,, and from the towns of Montrose and Renfrew in *Scotland i and from the town of Bolton in Lancashire. NAVAL NEWS. • T Front the LONDON GAZETTE, March s., Admiralty-Office, March 5, 11108. Extrael of a Letter from Yice-Adn►iral Douglds, Commander in Chid - of his Majesty's Skips and Vessels at North Yarmouth, to the Honourable William Wellesley Pole, dated North Yarmouth, the 4th instant. Inclosed I have the honour to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, a Letter from Captain Langford, of his Majesty's Sloop Sappho, acquainting me with his having captured the Brig Admiral Yawl, commis sioned, manned, and armed by the Danish Govern• ment. His Majesty's Ship S a pph o , Fl am b ro ' Head S. 7 leagues, March v, t Bus. have the pleasing information to commu nicate to you the capture of the Danish Armed Brig Admiral Yawl, Jorgen Jorgenson, Commander, mounting twelve 18-pounder caronnades on the lower deck, and sixteen 6-pounder guns on the main deck, with 83 men, victualled 614 stored for five. months. Whilst reaching to the Eastward frouldffScar borough this morning, I discovered the Admiral Yawl steering a course that seemed to hue no other for Its object than to cut off several Vessels to let- ward of her, and as she had the appearance of a Man of \Var, I steered to intercept her; at half past . twelvc I made the signal No. 2Z5, when she hoisted an English ensign; at lralf past one, being close up with her, I ordered a'shot to be fired over her, to which was returned a broadside with round. and grape, atter the Danish Colours were hoisted; immediately bore down and brought her to close ac tion, which was obstinately sustained fur half SO hour, when slke struck to his Majesty's Sloop mitt my command. am too sensible of the able assistance of my First Lieutenant, Mr. Hills, together with my other Officers and men, to omit acquainting you there- , with. Am sorry to add that Mr. Trewfell, my Pilot„ had his leg severely fractured in the action, and 9114 other men was wounded. On board the Eneroyi the Second Officer and one man were killed. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. LANGFORD, Commander. Billy Douglas, Esq. Vice-Admiral c;/' the Blue, Commander in Chid, &' c. kOc. North Yarmouth, PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Yesterday arrivi4 the Beagle Sloop of War, Capt. NEwdoma, - with *cow voy of about 30 Sail, frotn the Downs; oolong. which were the Speak, INGSTON, with female COO' victs, for Botany Bay; and the Comet, M‘DowiLD, for Jamaica ; the latter immediately proceeded W Cowes to take in Troops.—also arrived the .80a• dicer: Frigate, Capt. MAITLAND, from a cruiZe. Sailed yesterday the Lion, of 64 guns, with $ convoy for the Emit it i lios, which consist of dip Alnwiols' Castle, Prescott. David Scott, Lock„ Dorad o shire, Brown, Canton, Lochner, Exec., 11 , Ierriton, Cahate ta, Maxwell, Hugh Inglis, Fairfax, Lord Nelson. Hut*, Ocean, IVilliainson, Ceres, I)unstord, and rwan, Stur' ro,:k, the Sibella, Caitcheon, and Fly, Aspanall, for the Cape of Uood Hope ; JOhu, Crabtree, fur the ; ittai Scorpion, Bunker, tor the South Sea. Sailed the Avenger Sloop of War, Capt. WHIM with a Convoy for Plymouth, and the Magnet on cruize. To-day sailed the Pro' serpine Frigate, Capt. C. OTTER, with a convoy of about 2U Sail, for the Ns" diterranean. PLYMOUTH, MARCH s.—Arrived the French Prl. xateer L'Adrniral Gautumr, armed with nwskets and pistols, lugger-rigged, burthen. about 30 tone, and manned with 28 men, captured aster a chaeci,of 12 hours, by the Racehorse Sloop of War, Capt. FISHER she had been out two days from Granville, and had made no captures. Arrived the American Brig Sally, from Auray,. in ballast, bound to Newberry Port, detainedbY th° S/wnnun Frigate. Arrived • the Swedish Ship Arica, from For" • mouth, in ballast, to load for Gottenburgb tlif Champion Frigate, from cruize off. Ushant; • djip Gatcombe, GOODRIDGE, and Sally, FosPuis from St:Michael's, with fruit for this Port4r —the Masters of th * Zse Vessels state, that the Po 0 1 41 behaved in the must friendly ttsauner t6thoinBlitibi Sailed the Endeavour hired Armed Brig, wit 4 a Convoy for Milford; also the Mara, Cotnict,,fox Malta. The Cambrian Frigate came into Harbour this afternoon to refit. . Arrived the Leyden, 64 guns, Tom Portsmouth, and L'Eclair Sloop of War, of 10 guns, from FJI - h. • Sailed the Scorpion, of 18 guns, on a cruize to the Westward. FALMOUTA, MARCH 4.—Arrived .His Majestri hired Ship Monter, of 16 guns, Capt. HILL; irons the Downs th© Ranter, -, five% Cork; Oa Hind Cutter, from a cruize . ; the New Speedwell , PArwic,'Oed &At), bevies, from Milford); the Eliza, HUXTA/ILE, from Combe; the ;Fillings, asovz, and Persetgrance CARD, from Plymouth. 'galled the Brisk Sloop of War, of, 18 guns, %via& the Ship Ann, -, for Cork; " the DAtaoti, Bremen, DAVILS, Providence, diarhill, Mir, all for Wales. The Matchless Cutter, of Mavagissey, has car tared a Spanish Packet with twout 80 tons Of Wilie fallen fortunes that really llas some title to compas. sion. Twelve yens ago it was the most 'vular and• formidably faaicht that ever appeared li . thi.; coun• try, and now it is the most feeble aud degraded.—»• Its leaders are dispersed, and men without the most remote pretens.,ls to talent have sur,teeded them. , The high-minded hyperbolical Phantasies of politi• cal speculation, the magnus ab integro steclorum noscens ordo, have been followed by a trite and grovelling system of opposition ; which,,while it has not novelty enough to be admired.by the enthusiast' ha{ too much imitative dullness to be folloWed by the mob. Formerly they ,steered by the stars of • Heaven--.by luminaries at once magnificent, and unattainable. Now they resort to.rnere terrestrial . . compasses; tnanufaatire them with their own . hands, and carry them familiarly in their pockets. PORCIUS. TO CORRESrONDENTS. %Vs hope - Civ Is will excuse us for having so long delayed to notice I,tis Letter. We think as he does of the Writer whom he styles a 4h4strerh?g nailer, and therefore wonder that he has thrown away his time upon the subject}. •We 51411 Tomorrow gratify out *ratters with a Copy of a l.cttcr from Mr. GARR ICI:, on his performanceof Ow Original of which is in our possession. MAILS. A tt:t Iv to X Dublin, 2 Waterford. Du a---2 Gottenburgh, Dublin, t IVnterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAy AT TWiLV IL O'CLOCK. Consols . . .... - . - 64 I.OkD CRAMBERI.AIN's OFFICE. • March 7, IZ4. Notice is hereby given, that there will ba a DRAWING. ROOM at St. James's, on Thursday next, the loth instant. THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS witaa FALSUM AUDIAT 'LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1808. • • , ~:. 1.1 t E .